[ April 24, 2024 ]
"Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
Every act of jihad has the imprimater of a Muslim cleric. This is just another front in the Islamic supremacists' war on America — to remove a line of defense. The ACLU of Southern California and the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the lawsuit against the FBI on Tuesday in federal court.
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"FBI informant Craig Monteilh has said he was told to spy on worshipers at the Islamic Center of Irvine"
Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims' freedom of religion Washington Post
An FBI informant who infiltrated a California mosque violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion, the ACLU and a Muslim group said in a lawsuit Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed against the FBI and seven of its agents and supervisors, focuses on the actions several years ago of Craig Monteilh, a paid FBI informant. Monteilh has said he was instructed to spy on worshipers at an Irvine mosque in a quest for potential terrorists, allegations that prompted fierce criticism of the FBI from some Muslims in Southern California and nationwide.
The lawsuit alleges that Monteilh was ordered by his FBI handlers to conduct "indiscriminate surveillance" of Muslims, violating their First Amendment right to freedom of religion. Filed on behalf of three Muslim plaintiffs, the 64-page document seeks class action status, unspecified damages and a court order instructing the FBI to destroy or return the information Monteilh collected.
"The FBI should be spending its time and resources investigating actual threats, not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque,'' said Peter Bibring, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, which filed the complaint along with the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
FBI officials declined to comment on the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, but empasized that they are careful not to violate civil liberties when they use informants and do not target anyone based on religion or ethnicity.
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6 Comments
13 years ago
Screw them. If mosques are the breeding grounds for terrorism and insurrection, we the people have the right to neutralize the threat. Given the propensity Muslims have of hiding in women’s clothing and using mosques, schools and hospitals as guerrilla cover I think it’s highly likely there’s more than worship going on behind those walls.
13 years ago
I always find it funny when Muslims lecture on freedom of religion. Try building a church or synagogue in the Muslim world.
13 years ago
Yet another example of LITIGATION JIHAD or LAWFARE to extract the jizya and prevent the kuffars investigating these citadels of sedition.
13 years ago
Look to the DOJ to acknowledge guilt and agree to a veey large settlement.
13 years ago
Hmm, I seem to recall Christians being attacked and killed at a Church on New Years eve in Egypt. Can I sue Egypt? Oh wait they are kinda busy now.
13 years ago
PS.
Pamella probably posted on this before, but a Muslim from the area, who was previously involved in hindering Muslim cooperation with law enforcement, was appointed to a position in DHS.
